Speeches by Mullan.

“As I have alluded to several times, the Conservative party is considering more broadly how we tackle judicial accountability in all its different elements. It would be premature for us to settle on this new clause if, as the hon. Member for Chichester pointed out, it had to be necessarily narrow to fit in the Bill. On …”

“(3) Reviews under this section must consider the impact of the provisions of sections 74A to 74D of the Senior Courts Act 1981, as inserted by Section 3 of this Act, on persons who—”

““(1) The Lord Chancellor may appoint such number of inspectors of criminal court administration as he considers appropriate.”

“(4) The Lord Chancellor may make to or in respect of inspectors of court administration such payments by way of remuneration, allowances or otherwise as he may determine.”

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“Brought up, and read the First time.”

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“New Clause 30”

“New Clause 35”

““(1) The Lord Chancellor must ensure that appropriate training is made mandatory for members of all court staff working in the criminal courts on best practice in relation to victims' trauma.”

“(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the relevant periods are—”

“(e) best practices for reducing retraumatisation within court and tribunals settings.”

“Inspectorate of Criminal Court Administration”

“(d) the ways in which trauma may affect memory, communication, behaviour, and engagement with court proceedings;”

“(a) on initial appointment to a role within a court, and at regular intervals thereafter;”

“The Minister opened her remarks by saying that the scheme applies only to certain cases in the Crown court. The point that the Opposition make is that it will no longer apply to some of the cases to which it would apply now. The Minister has given figures. If the scheme is configured in the right way, and sufficiently …”

“(3) Training provided under this section must—”

“I have just one remark to make. I draw the Committee’s attention to the submission we received from the circuit in Wales. Clause 25 is about the territorial extent of the Bill, and the circuit pointed out that it feels the Welsh system has been unfairly caught up in these reforms, which it does not think are applicable…”

“(c) be developed in consultation with appropriate experts, including specialist support organisations and persons with lived experience of abuse and trauma.”

“(5) It is the duty of the Inspectorate to inspect and report to the Lord Chancellor on—”